POLITICAL ART

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Art Lesson: Social and Political Issues in Art. Political Art Timeline, 1945-1966: Postwar Art of the Left. This is Part 2 of the Timeline of Left Political Art.

See Part 1, 1900-1944, on Huffington Post. I might have justifiably started this timeline of political art with the year 1932, when Stalin’s forced famine in the Ukraine killed 7 million people. Or 1933, when the first Nazi concentration camps at Orienburg, Dachau and Buchenwald opened. Or 1937, the year of the Japanese Rape of Nanjing.
Politics of Art: Contemporary Art and the Transition to Post-Democracy. Hito Steyerl A standard way of relating politics to art assumes that art represents political issues in one way or another.

But there is a much more interesting perspective: the politics of the field of art as a place of work.1 Simply look at what it does—not what it shows.
Why art is by definition political. Probably the most well known artist-cum-dissident of the current climate, Ai Weiwei, proposed that “if somebody questions reality, truth, facts; [it] always becomes a political act.”

His exploits certainly tread the thorny ground where art and politics collide, but does art really have to have an agenda? I was often flummoxed by this query myself until I came to the understanding that not only must every action of any individual within a society be political by default, but also that the spectrum of connotation emitted by an artwork knows no bounds and is defined, ultimately, by the dialogue between the work itself and the spectator.
The 50 Most Political Art Pieces of the Past 15 Years. All art is political in the sense that it engages society in some way, either influencing or influenced by it.

But some works speak more directly to concerns relating to human rights, corruption, the distribution of class, wealth or power—not every artist is moved by beauty. At times, these more political works are lacking of the awareness of political directives but cause a stir. Or perhaps a work is directly aimed at a political cause, an endorsement, or message. Then again, the medium or risk of a particular artwork can be political as well, directly or subversively. If this all sounds convoluted, it is—but that’s indicative of this culturally confusing time we live in.
Contemporary Art. Offical Website: www.alfredojaar.net Through installations, photographs, and community-based projects, Jaar explores the public’s desensitization to images and the limitations of art to represent events such as genocides, epidemics, and famines.

Jaar’s work bears witness to military conflicts, political corruption, and imbalances of power between industrialized and developing nations. “I strongly believe in the power of a single idea,” says Alfredo Jaar. “My imagination starts working based on research, based on a real life event, most of the time a tragedy that I’m just starting to analyze, to reflect on…this real life event to which I’m trying to respond.” 1.

In 1985 Alfredo Jaar went to Serra Palada, an open cast gold mine in north-eastern Brazil. “I always describe myself as a project artist. 2. The representation of geography and the intricacies of global relations influence Jaar’s every thought and action. 3. One million replicated Finnish passports, glass, 800 x 800 x 80 cm. 4. 5.
When does art become too political?
Zineb Sedira has made a name for herself as an artist who addresses such complex topics -- and yet, she does not consider her work to be particularly political.

Sedira, who has shown at the Venice Biennale and was nominated for the 2015 Marcel Duchamp Award, discusses the correlation between art and politics in the latest installment of our 'Soapbox' series and explains why she has chosen to refrain from making activist art. The key, for Sedira, is to approach her audience in the right way. Her photographs and films may contain a message, but it is one that is open to interpretation.

"For me, I think that the type of work I create can reach people more easily -- rather than if you create political with a capital P, or activist art -- because in some ways, you're leaving interpretation open for the audience.
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50 Stunning Political Artworks. Graffiti artwork has been initially used by Ancient Greece, Roman Empire and Urban Gangs to mark their territory and also by some social and political purposes as well.

Some politicians are also using this form of art for the purpose of their election campaigns. But now, it has become an inspiring way to put across your thoughts and ideas in the most enticing and appealing way. In this post, we’ll showcase some interesting and fascinating political artworks that will express the creativity of graffiti artists, designers and illustrators and their skills in this field. Political Illustrations, Graffiti and Street Art ObeyShepard Fairey at Cargo, East London 1984 – not an instruction manual – other wallpaper 19908 – desktop nexus abstract Posted on a Door illustration series.